Pardo cyanide leach and screen fire metallic analytical results provide continued encouragement

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, Feb. 20 /CNW Telbec/ - Endurance Gold Corporation\n(EDG - TSX.V) announces that the results from an extensive program of\nadditional cyanide leach and screen fire metallic gold analyses on samples\ncollected during the summer 2007 diamond drilling program on the property\nprovide results which encourage continued exploration for a large-tonnage\nlow-grade gold system associated with basal Proterozoic quartz-pebble\nconglomerates.\n\n\nAs reported earlier (See EDG News Release 07-19), a total of 407 samples\nwere split and analyzed for gold by Fire Assay ("FA"). Of these, 326 samples\nwere of pyritic basal quartz pebble conglomerate, the target horizon of the\ndiamond drilling program. The average composite gold grade of the 326 samples,\nwhich totaled 313.86 metres, was 405 parts per billion (ppb), or 0.405 grams\nper tonne (gpt).\n\n\nTo determine the amenability of the mineralization to leaching and to\nevaluate the "nugget effect" of this newly discovered gold prospect, 317 of\nthe above 326 samples were also subjected to Total Cyanide Leach ("TCL"). TCL\nsamples were crushed and pulverized to -150 mesh and leached for 24 hours. The\nTCL technique does not typically report full recovery of the gold since it is\na measure of the amenability of the mineralization to simple free-milling\nmetallurgical processes. An average grade of 0.392 gpt was reported for the\n317 samples, or approximately 95.8% of grades reported by the standard FA\ntechnique. These results provide a preliminary indication that the gold can be\nreadily liberated from mineralized conglomerates through simple crushing,\ngrinding, and cyanide leaching. Furthermore, the relative differences between\nthe two analytical techniques are within an acceptable range of variance, thus\nthe cost effective Standard FA analytical technique can be used with\nconfidence as the company moves forward.\n\n\nThe Company also submitted 40 selected samples which initially returned\nin excess of 250 ppb gold, using the FA procedure, for Screen Fire Metallics\n("SFM") analyses. The SFM method analyzes various size fractions of crushed\nand pulverized sample material, to determine if relatively coarse free gold is\npresent. The results of the SFM analyses averaged 1.267 gpt gold, versus\n1.141 gpt by the FA technique, and 1.1...

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